The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-20
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.

TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
The President Of the School Board has
received the following Circular Letter
from the State Superintendent, Hon. War
ren Easton:
OFFICE OF STATE SupT. OF EDUCATION, }
BATON ROUGE, La,
April s, 1887.
To the President Of the School Board, Par
ish Of Rap;des, La:
| DEAR SIR-Tcachers' Institutes will be
held at the following places this year,
Mansfield and Many, May I'd; Rnston aud
Lafayette, May 9Th; Bastrop and Lake
Charles, May 10th; Clinton and New F,e-
ria, May 23d; Amite City and Houma,
May 3oth, and Donaldsonville, juno 9th.
respectfully request the earnest CO.
operation of your Board and the intluen-
tial and progressive citizens of the Parish
in making these meetings successful.
These Institutes are designed to assist
the teacher of to-day, by presenting to
her the best possible methods of conduct
ing a school, necessarily the teacher must
he in attendance, therefore please notify
those of your Parish, according to Rule
Goth, of Rules and Regulations of the State
Board, that they are required to attend
the Normal Institute to be held at Mans
field. Reduced rates on railroads and at
boarding places will be secured. You are
authorized to grant one week leave of alb
sence, with pay, to all teachers of your
Parish that attend the Institute. Please
have yonr Parish Superintendent interest
himself in this work. Inclosed you will
find circulars of information for distribu-
ton. Yours truly,
WARREN EAsToN,
State Superintendent Public Education.
OFFICE OF
STATE SUPT. PUBLIC EDUCATION,
BATON ROUGE, La,
March 8, 1887.
The State Superintendent of Public Ed
ucation announces that lie is able, through
the liberallty of the Peabody Trustees,
and the wisdom Of the last General As
sembly, to hold twelve Teachers Insti-
tutes, during the months of May and
June, to he conducted by Dr. Edward E..
Shelb, assisted by Prof A. l.. Smith and
Misses Rousseau, Washington, Oswald,
Walmsley and Phillips. The success of
last years work encourages DR.. Shcib and
myself to look forward to these Institutes
with great interest and expectation, and
we reiterate here what we SAID in the last
years circular that these Institutes must
of necessity tend to the elevation of the
teacher, the development of the schools
and the growth of interest in all matters
pertaining to education and progress
They should therefore meet with the
hearty cooperation of all true teachers
and the friends of education in general,
and it should become needless to request
all Parish Superintendent to urge the
teachers OF their Districts to attend these
meetings.
Your attention is respectfully called t.
the following preliminary programme
ALI teachers of the Parish in which the
Teachers Institute is held, and those OF
other Parishes within easy reach of the
place OF meeting, are required to attend
In accordance with Rule goth, adopted b,
the State Board of Education, October
9Th, which reads: "4All teachers are re-
Quired to attend the Normal Institute al
its regular session when notified by theil
Superintendent" All teachers, who art
at the time engaged in teaching, and VIII,
attend these Institutes, will receive full
payment for the week during which the,
will be absent from their schools. TO Sc
cure this payment, cep6fcatc signed b,
the Superintendent of Education will b,
furnished teachers who attend all the SEES
sions of All Institute. The authorize.
and citizens of towns in which thes,
meetings will be held, have engaged
themselves to entertain, either free o
chaoge OF at very moderate rates, al
teachers who may attend. The work t,
be done at these Institutes will be mainl,
OF practical nature, and the greater por
ton of the time will be devoted to TIN
following subjects: Reading; Writing il
the frat year; Drawing in the first year
Arithmetic; Study of English (Gramma
and Composition;) Study of Geography
Science in School; Singing (Method !;
Discipline; Training of The Understand
ing; and the Formation of Character
Young ladies and young gentlemen VIII,
may desire to attend the State Norma
next fall, may make application for ad
mission while the Institutes are in session
! For the present year the followin.
places, accessible to large number 0
teachers, have been selected: Beginnin,
May I'd, Mansfield, Parish of DeSoto
Many, Parish of Sabine. Beginning Ma,
9th, RustonI Parish of Lincoln; Lafayette
Parish of Lafayette. Beginning May 10th
Bastrop, Parish of Morehouse LAX
: Charles, Parish of Calcasieu. Beginnin,
: Mby 23d, Clinton, Parish Of East Felici
ana; New Iberia, Parish of Iberia. BE
ginning May 30th, Amite City, Parish o